The old Takapuna Post Office on Hurstmere Road was built in 1912 and saw various technology advances throughout wars and late into the 1980s. When the building ceased to be used as a post office it stood deteriorating for three years before being bought at auction by Alex Witten-Hannah in 1990 who turned it into a restaurant called La Poste. When the restaurant closed two years ago the lower section was made into a dental surgery.